Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-01
TEN INNINGS
A Splendid Game on the Island, Yesterday
Afternoon.
THE HONE CLUB FINALLY WINS.
Pitsburg Fails to Score in the First Eight
Innings,
BUT MANAGES TO TIE IN THR NINTH.

The large crowd which assembled at the
Island Park yesterday afternoon got their
quarters worth several times over. as the
return game between the W. w. Bells, Of
Pittsburg, and the home team proved one
of the most exciting contests ever seen in
the city. Up to the ninth inning the
Green Stockings had it all their own way
and everybody expected 10 see the Bells
whitewashed, but in their half of the ninth
they sent the boys leather-hunting with a
vengeance, and, aided by few costly
errors just at the wrong time, pounded out
six runs, or Just enough to tie the game.
With two out, one man on third, another
on second, and only one more run needed
to win, Mallory brought down the house
by striking Costello out, and thus ending
the agony for the time.
The Bells were somewhat demoralized
in the tenth, and Wheeling scored three
more runs, while the Pittsburg boys could
only get two, and thus ended as close and
exciting game as Wheeling ever saw.
The home team played a beautiful game
up to the ninth and gave premise of what
they will do when they have more practice
together. The sharp fielding of Dudley,
/ CrOgan and Moffatt, and the batting Of
Dunn were the features Of the game.
In the first inning Crogan fOuled out to
first, Dunn followed with 4 single, and
aided by a tumble of Meenan's reached
third, coming home on q muff by Patter-
son. Mallory iouled out to catcher. Elliff
/ famed the wind four times, but Patterson
lropped the ball and gave him life.
Speidel hit to pitcher, who put him out on
/ the way to first.
The Bells went out in one, two, three
order, Mallory striking out two men.
The Wheeling boys tried the one, two,
three order of things in the second, and
the Bells didn't succeed any better in
their half.
The next four innings resulted in blanks
| for both sides, the men being on their met
tie and playing ball for all it was worth,
but in the seventh Wheeling struck oil. +"
Speidel drove q long fly to centre which
Meenan mutiied, stole second, went to
third on passed ball and came in on q
hard hit By Dudley to right field, which
Moffat held but couldn't get home in time
| to cut him off, NichCl gave Meenan an
other chance, which he failed to accept,
and then the smuggling began; Steel and
/ Dushane both made singles, and CrOgan
and Dunn followed with two-baggers, each
sending in three more runs, two of them
i -. nt,v,y, kriaI 20 fraf hanna
but was caught between third and the
plate, and Mallory ended the half inning
by striking out Six to nothing in favor
of Wheeling and everybody, but the Bells,
as happy rs lord.
Neither side scored in the eighth and
the crowd began TO leave the benches, as
the game seemed decided, but they con-
cluded to stay a while longer, Us the Bells,
after retiring Wheeling in short order, be-
gan to find the ball ut last. and as they
piled up run after run things commenced
! to get exciting The Wheeling boys got 4
little ratified rs their opponents drew
closer and closer, and were decidedly of
in their play, probably from Over-conf-
| plate six times.
The interest was now at fever heat, rs a
tenth inning was necessary to decide mat
tiers, and the Green Stockings delighted
their admirers by proving equal to the Oc-
casiOn and making three runs. The Bells
tried hard to overcome this lead, but only
two of their men succeeded in reaching the
plate and Moffatt ended the prolonged eX-
element by getting caught in an attempt
| TO steal second
The attendance WAS large, about six hun
dred people witnessing the game, and it is
safe 10 say that they enjoyed the sport.
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